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ATTAGHMENT=OP HANDLES T0 SHEET METAL VEssELs.

' No. 282,007. Patented July 24, 1883.

INVENTOB Emile Jllouloi, By his flftameys NrrED STATES PATENT Orrica.

EMILE MOUHOT, OF WOOD HAVEN, ASSIGNOR TO THE LALANOE & GROSJEAN MANUFAOTURIN G COMPANY, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT 0F HANDLES TO SHEET-METAL VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,007, datedJ'uly 24, 1883. Application filed January 30, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, EMILE-MOUI-IOT, a citizen of the United States. residing at Wood Haven, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handle Attachments for Sheet-Metal Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention relates to the joint by means of which the handle is attached to the body of sheet-metal vessels for culinary or other purposes. Experience has demonstrated that handles attached in the usual manner are liable, by continued use, to bccomeloose by reason of the small bearing-surface and imperfeet mechanical connection of the handle with the body of the vessel. The joints are therefore rendered liable, if they be enameled, or.

otherwise coated or plated to prevent rusting, to cause breaks or ruptures in the enamel or oth or protective coating which covers the same. These breaks or ruptures permit moisture to enter the joint, causing an accumulation of rust, which greatly weakens the latter and soon causes the handle to separate from the vessel, thus rendering the same practically useless.

The object of my invention is to provide means for the attachment of handles to sheetmetal vessels of such a character that the joint will possess sufficient rigidity to withstand the shocks and strains communicated thereto by the ordinary usage of the vessel, and to effectually prevent the loosening of the joint and consequent rupture of the enamel or other material with which the same may be coated, thus preventing the injury or destruction of the parts by rust.

The subject-matter claimed as new will be hereinafter specifically designated.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is an elevation of a vessel, showing the joint of the handle with the body in section; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detail views of a portion of the joint in different conditions before the attachment of the handle to the vessel.

I11 the figures, A represents the body of asheet-metal vessel, which may be of any desirable size, form, or construction. A rivet, B, preferably of soft iron, extends through an aperture in the side of the vessel. The head I) of this rivet rests against theinner surfaceof the vessel A, while its opposite extremity extends outward from the body and through the lower end, 71, of the handle. As seen in Fig. 2, the rivet is enlarged at b, and a washer, w, is placed around its enlarged portion. By exerting suflicient force by means of a die against the enlargement of the rivet B, the latter is thickened, or, in technical phrase, upset, and assumes the shape shown in Fig. 3. By this lateral thickening of the portion 1) the head b of the rivet and washer 10 will be rigidly secured to the body A. The remaining portion of the rivet B is tightly fitted within an aperture extending through the end h of the handle H, as shown in Fig. 1.- The extremity b of the rivet projects through this aperture, as shown, and is upset and thickened by pressure or hammering, in order to firmly secure the handle to the body A. The cup-shaped washer c is placed over the rivet, between the handle and the body, to give bearing and finish.

I have thus described my invention as applied to the joint of the lower extremity or base h of the handle H with the body of the vessel, but the upper extremity, h, of said han dle is also designed to be attached to the body in precisely the same manner, it being deemed unnecessary to-show 1n ore than one of the j oints in detail in 'the drawings, and for the same reason the description has been confined to the lower joint. If additional. thicknesses of metal are required, they may be united in the same manner.

The washer 20 may not be necessary in all cases, as sufficient strength and rigidity may be secured by simply upsetting the enlarged portion 2) of the rivet directly against the metal plate A.

I claim as my invention- 1. The herein-described method of attaching handles to sheet-metal vessels, which consists in rigidly attaching the rivet B to the vessel by upsetting its enlarged portion 1) against the outside thereof, and then placing the handle on the projecting portion of the fixed rivet and upsetting its outer end against the same, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the body of the vessel, the portion of said rivet proj eeting outward froni handle therefor, a rivet extending through the the body of said vessel. side of said vessel and handle, a washer sur- In testimony whereof I have hereunto subrounding said rivet and resting against the scribed my name this 26th day of January, A. 5 body of the vessel, an enlargement of said I). 1883.

rivet extending from its head through a portion of its length, said enlargement being up I set against said washer, so as to firmly secure Vitnesses: said washer and rivet to the body of the ves- ALFRED E. GROsJEAN,

1o sel, and means for securing said handle to the \VILLIAM G. GRUMINGER.

EMILE MOUHOT. 

